Festivals
Step into a vibrant celebration of culture with The Skinny festival guide. We bring you the latest UK and international festival news; you'll find festival information, previews, reviews, features, and interviews.
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Edinburgh FestivalsExploring EAF's Associate Artist Programme
For Edinburgh Art Festival 2021, Associate Artist Tako Taal has brought together six of the most interesting artists working currently to respond to a work by Isaac Julien, which pivots on the history of American abolitionist Frederick Douglass Read more »| 03 Aug 2021 -
IntersectionsA fairer Edinburgh Fringe is still possible
As the Edinburgh Festival Fringe returns to in-person venues for the first time in two years, we assess the festival's past problems, whether anything has changed, and what a fairer Fringe could look like in the future Read more »| 31 Jul 2021 -
BooksTorrey Peters on Detransition, Baby
Ahead of her Skinny-sponsored event at Edinburgh International Book Festival, Torrey Peters discusses Detransition, Baby Read more »| 30 Jul 2021 -
Edinburgh FestivalsEdinburgh Art Festival: Platform 2021 preview
Platform is always one of the most exciting parts of Edinburgh Art Festival, offering up four emerging artists' practices with lightly curated themes between them, with this year's looking at care and support structures Read more »| 29 Jul 2021 -
Edinburgh FestivalsMovie Magic: Edinburgh Film Festival 2021 preview
Edinburgh International Film Festival returns to its original August slot with an eye-catching opening film starring Nicolas Cage, two much-anticipated musicals and plenty of classics Read more »| 28 Jul 2021 -
FilmOur Ladies
Hollywood veteran Michael Caton-Jones returns to Scotland with a pleasingly rambunctious take on Alan Warner's cult 90s novel about the misadventures of six catholic school girls let loose in Edinburgh Read more »| 26 Jul 2021
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Edinburgh FringeFringe mainstays unveil new MultiStory venue
Gilded Balloon, Zoo, Traverse Theatre and Dance Base will join together this August to programme a new open-air festival hub called MultiStory Read more »| 13 Jul 2021 -
Uk FestivalsGreener Fields: The fight for green festival recovery
After The Big Pause in 2020, music festivals are imagining new ways they can push for sustainability when they make their comeback Read more »| 13 Jul 2021 -
Uk FestivalsEIFF 2021 will close with Billy Crystal comedy
The Edinburgh Film Festival will come to a close with a few laughs this year with Here Today, the new comedy written, directed by and starring the legendary Billy Crystal Read more »| 09 Jul 2021 -
MusicMusic Festivals, We Love You
After a year where everything changed, festivals have never felt so significant – and thank God, they're finally back Read more »| 07 Jul 2021 -
Edinburgh Festivals
Edinburgh Book Festival reveals 2021 programme
Edinburgh Book Festival returns this August with a hybrid online-offline programme of 250 events featuring authors from around the world Read more »| 06 Jul 2021 -
Edinburgh FestivalsFringe of Colour reveal 2021 film programme
Fringe of Colour are back for 2021 with an online programme of films from Black artists and artists of colour Read more »| 01 Jul 2021 -
Uk FestivalsEIFF plan outdoor festival by the Firth of Forth
Edinburgh International Film Festival will return to in-person screenings with a weekend of aquatically-themed films, from Jaws to Titanic, screening on the banks of the Firth of Forth Read more »| 01 Jul 2021 -
Edinburgh FringeSummerhall unveil 2021 Edinburgh Fringe programme
The independent arts hub have pulled together a programme of live music, theatre and dance for the August festivals Read more »| 01 Jul 2021 -
Uk FestivalsMusic Festivals and COVID safety
With music festivals in the UK scheduled to return in the coming months, we speak to some of the people working on the reopening of the industry, from festival directors to rapid testing innovators Read more »| 30 Jun 2021